grandparent

English

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Noun

grandparent (plural grandparents)

1. the parent of someone's parent

Hyponyms

• (by grandparent's gender) grandmother, grandfather
• (by parent's gender) maternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

Antonyms

• (with regard to ancestry) grandchild

Derived terms

• great grandparent
• great great grandparent

Translations

parent of one's parent

Chinese: Min Nan: 公公婆婆 (ta-ke-koaⁿ, tōa-ke-koaⁿ) Dutch: grootouder (nl) m. Finnish: isovanhempi (fi) French: grand-parent (fr) m., aïeul (fr) German: Großeltern (plural only) Guaraní: taita guasu (grandfather); jarýi (grandmother) Ido: avo Indonesian: (see grandmother or grandfather)

Interlingua: granpatre (grandfather); granmatre (grandmother) Italian: nonno (grandfather); nonna (grandmother) Khmer: យាយតា (km) (yeay tar) Macedonian: дедо (mk) (dédo) m. (grandfather), баба (mk) (bába) f. (grandmother) Portuguese: avô m. (grandfather); avó f. (grandmother) Russian: дедушка (ru) (déduška) m., бабушка (ru) (bábuška) f. Scottish Gaelic: seann-phàrant (gd) m. Spanish: abuelo (es) m., abuela (es) f. Tupinambá: amỹîa (t-, t-) (grandfather) Volapük: lepal (vo)

See also

• mother
• father